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Jackie
@jackietownhq.bsky.social
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Science geek seeking the drops of awesome in everyday life and working to leave the world better than I found it. Fan of facts and data, SciFi, Mary Oliver, and diversity. Per aspera ad astra.
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This is gobsmacking Truth with a capital T!
Tax the rich.
Also, corporations aren’t people, and money isn’t speech.
Trump’s govt shutdown is another reminder
•We dont have an energy shortage
•Or insulin shortage
•Or housing shortage
•Or teacher shortage
•Or labor shortage
•Or food shortage

We have billionaire excess who buy politicians to deny human rights. We dont suffer from scarcity—but from billionaire greed
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a live look this morning at the demolished East Wing of the White House
And there’s this - the pardons cost victims (including US taxpayers) $1B in lost restitution.

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And there’s this - the pardons cost victims (including the US) $1B in lost reparations.

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There’s also this - pardons cost victims and US $1B in restitution funds

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“Let them eat cake.”
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
It’s almost like requiring people to pay the for-profit gate-keeping insurance industry to access the for-profit healthcare system with no checks and balances is a bad model for delivering healthcare. Huh.
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
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Question: would police officers typically point guns at family members like this?

Would they typically bruise up children? Would they say they're gonna blow your head off to an unarmed mom in front of her kids?

ICE did that to this family.
If it can happen to them, it can happen to yours!

Share!
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But the scars will endure. 😓
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I have never ever seen anyone steal food and I’m certainly not starting now.
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I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org.

Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...